The police of New-York confirmed that about 18.000 people were present at the commemoration event of the Armenian Genocide on Times Square on April 26.
The annual 30th jubilee meeting organized by the Knights of Vartan union was supported by almost every large community unions. The legislators, community leaders, activists of Jewish and Greek descent and the Turkish intellectual Taner Akcam had speeches.
The message of the president of Armenia and episodes of commemoration ceremonies of the Armenian Genocide around the world were shown on the large screen of the square. The ambassadors of Armenia in Washington and the UN Headquarters were present.
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